Hemiboea flaccida Velvet Touch Chile are adorned with lightly fragrant

are adorned with lightly fragrant

you will enjoy the early spring flower

6" tall clump of fuzzy

the clump is topped with a 44" tall flower scape bearing white

the vigorous clump is topped with 30" spikes of hummingbird-attracting light lavender flowers

Hemiboea flaccida Velvet Touch Chile are adorned with lightly fragrantWe received this lovely hardy gesneriad in 2004 as Hemiboea cavaleri, but after growing it for a few years, we keyed it out instead to the rare, Hemiboea flaccida. This African violet relative hails from up to 4,500' elevation in the alkaline forests of western Guangxi and southern Guizhou, China, where it grows among the rocks. Our nine year old plant of Hemiboea flaccida has made a slowly expanding patch to 18" wide. The luscious, felty green